eye-watering
adjective
painful or extremely unpleasant
eye-wateringly
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a word derived from
eye-watering.
Example Sentences
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This eye-wateringly large contract does not, however, offer people in federal prison anything for free.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024
Attendance remained a problem and in the run up to exams it was "eye-wateringly low" for children from more disadvantaged backgrounds, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
After decades of ballooning costs and production delays, the most powerful space observatory ever built launched on Christmas 2021 before beginning an eye-wateringly delicate unfolding process in the depths of space.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2022
Foreign products and brands are vanishing from shops or growing eye-wateringly expensive.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
Its “cucumber mustard seeds salad” is eye-wateringly sour and topped with bristles of chili thread, also unpleasantly burny.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
